This is a discussion on Alignment basics within the Suspension & Wheels forums, part of the Tech & Modifying & General Repairs category; I think that is a much preferable option. With plates there is no need to mess w/ rear camber IMO ...

ok, i jsut got some hotchkis springs and im going to be putting them on this weekend and getting my alignment done also, so if i go max camber in the front and -0.5 in the back with 0 cross toe and and 0 toe all around i will be cool for everyday driving? (weekend mountain runs)

WRX Suspension change questions

Hello all,
I was considering upgrading the suspension for my 04 WRX sedan and was thinking of STI V8 take-offs. I do believe the V8 is appropriate for my year?

Would this setup be better than installing the STI pink springs on my current Struts? My main goal was to obtain a slight drop and increased performance for daily driving and some track events.

My second question is for an alignment should I obtain new camber bolts for this setup or would I be able to use the OE ones and obtain appropriate settings. From the posts I should be able to obtain a front camber of -1 and a rear camber of -1.5 with 0 toe all around using the OE bolts.

Thank you

I just want to say thanks for all the advise in this thread, I got my alignment done this morning and I can say that from just the 20 minute drive home I can notice a signifigant improvement in stability and turn in. I had everything just eyeballed from when I installed my H-Techs about a week and a half ago. I have just the stock bolts up front and the H&R adjustable camber bolts in the rear.

that is not a good alignment- they didn't do d1ck in the front- maybe they don't know you have to loosen the lower bolt too???

I'll give them credit on their toe adjustments though- there they did good.

The rear- it's the -1.1 that is odd- oe spec is right -1.5, so the -1.6 is not unusual. That's too much cross in the rear however IMO- I'd consider getting camber bolts to "fix" that.

While they are fixing that they can redo the front (this time have them loosen-fully- the lower strut bolts too) or maybe actually do it for the first time You should be able to get a min of -1.0, most get closer to -1.3

well i'm finally going to get my alignment problems handled.
I had bad tire wear on my right front tire's outside sidewall, so i went in for an alignment, guy couldn't get the cross camber anywhere near 0 and said he thinks i have a bent strut...great.
so i buy 4 new struts and put them on, i just eyeballed all the measurements and will be getting aligned shortly.
So now I have a set of KYB AGX struts with eibach springs and a set of of fairly new OEM struts. I still have quite a bit of noise in the front suspension, but i believe that to be my swaybar or endlinks (which i cannot get off for the life of me ...HELP! )
anyway, i have my alk, camber plates for the front, and camber bolts for the rear on the way. I plan to:

max out front negative camber with NO cross camber
either 0 toe or .01 toe in for the front
add some caster, and again NO cross caster
set rear camber to -1.0
either 0 toe or if i decide to toe in the front, .01 toe out in the rear.

am i missing anything, or will i find this to be a suitable set up?
if this doesn't suit me, its another set of camber plates but for the rear and maybe some more camber bolts.

BTW I want to run some 15x7 or 16x7-8's with dirt tires and another set with 235's for track days, will i be able to do this without rubbing???

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